this marks that city's 44th homicide this year. neighbors heard pop, possibly the sound of gunshots, before they saw the van and the teen lying in the street. alicia reed has the details. >> reporter: this suv is shoved up on the curb and appears to have been in an accident. when paramedics arrived at fairhaven drive this afternoon, there was a body laying next to it, the body of a boy they believed to be only 16. police are trying to figure out how the two are connected. >> where the truck is positioned, it cries out for investigation. we have a dead body next to it. nobody would park it that way. >> reporter: neighbors called police when they heard the crash. but sergeant dwyer says they may have mistaken gun fire for a collision. >> people thought they heard a car accident. they looked out the window, they saw a truck that was up on the curb. that's the call we responded to. >> reporter: neighbors in the middle class neighborhood say they're never seen anything like this in your area. >> probably a targeted incident. but we don'